Hydrogen gas sensors based on semiconductor oxide nanostructures

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 5517-5550

  Gu, Haoshuang ^a   Wang, Zhao ^a   Hu, Yongming ^a  

^a HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrogen gas sensor; Nanostructure; One dimensional nanostructures; Semiconductor oxides; Thin films

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861543000     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120505517     Document Type: Review

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